The reason why this MOBA based mobile
game got 100 million download is because of the fairness between heroes.
There are lots of massively online battle arena that you can play on
both iOS and Android. You can play Heroes Arena, Heroes Evolved, MOBA
Legends and lot more. But the best from what I mentioned is Mobile
Legends because of there is no hero that is too overpowered as everyone
can counter with another. If there is someone that Miya is too
imbalanced or Yun Zhao maybe because they don’t know how to counter this
hero. So below we want to share to you a list of all heroes in Mobile
Legends : Bang Bang and how you can counter them in laning, item build,
team clash and hero.
Akai
Like what we’ve mentioned in our
Akai item build and strategy guide he
has a great weaknesses in kiting. If you are a ranged hero with good CC
such as Miya, Clint, and Layla just slow them and do hit-and-run
(kiting). His ultimate is very predictable and once cast, just spread
out and runaway. Use your escape skills if you are too close to him. If
he use his first skill against you, just run away from him as Akai is
good in both defense and offense and if you are a carry /marksman which
his priority target, you can tank his damage unless you are well fed and
you have enough life steal.
The best way to counter Akai is to pin
him down on early which is easy for you as you can kite him hard. If you
can manage to outclass him with your equipment, countering him is not
really difficult.
Heroes counter to Akai –
Pick hero that has good crowd control and escapes such as Clint, Bane,
Yun Zhao, etc. ou can also use Karina and her passive that works with
Akai. Her passive will deals additional bonus damage based on 8% Hp that
already lost in her target. With Akai has the biggest Hp because of his
natural item build, you can inflict much damage using Karina.
Items to counter Akai –
Get item with CC such as Froze and Ice Frost. And the most counter for
all tanks, are Astral Wand for magic penetration and Wind Chase for
armor penetration.
Alice
To counter Alice you need to prevent her
to reach her strongest in game – the late game. Due to her passive,
Alice is snowballing without a limit and can become the biggest threat
in long game. So when we are fighting against Alice we need to ensure
that this will be a short game by taking down towers as fast as possible
and focus on team objective. There is also a way to counter Alice and
her skills such as when she ultimate, just run away from her and never
tank the damage because it do lifesteal that makes her almost immortal
against AD in this state.
Heroes to counter Alice –
Because of her invulnerability with basic attacks and lifesteal while
she is in her ultimate state, it is hard for AD carry to counter to
champion. The best way to do is to pick champion that can do burst
damage that can kill her without giving her a chance to lifesteal. You
can pick Gord, Karina, Kagura as a good counter against Alice.
Items to counter Alice – Build your hero with item that boost magic power massively such as Guardian Relic, Astral Wand and Blood Wings.
Alucard
One of the biggest threat to almost
squishy heroes in game. The biggest downside of Alucard is he is too
item reliant. So if he not get fed in the early game, he is useless in
late game. When I’m fighting against Alucard I make sure that I can
outfarm him. He is melee, squishy and doesn’t have decent damage in
early game. He is very easy to get kited. The only thing he can do to
you is to gap-close and attack you. But that still not good enough
because he has no crowd control and as marksman you have better damage
against him. I play aggressively when laning against Alucard and the
common scenario here is to leave me in lane and go jungle. He is good in
jungling because of his sustain. But him going to jungle and me in
laning, I can ensure that I can outfarm him really hard unless my
teammate will feed him. In most MOBA I played I always focus in farming
and that experience makes me not to get hard dealing with Alucard who
also rely in farming.
Heroes to counter Alucard
– The same with Alice who use lifesteal to sustain, you can also use
burst heroes to prevent him from taking advantage with lifesteal. You
can use Karina against him. But the common match-up I seen with Alucard
is going against marksman as most players believe that Alucard can
assassinate most marksman easily. Well not if you can harass him on the
first place and outfarm him. You can use any marksman to counter him
hardly it is the way on how you play the game.
Items to counter Alucard
– If you are AD go for lifesteal such as Tooth of Greed and Fallen
Sword. If you are spell caster, go for additional burst and CC. And the
number counter in against Alucard is Blade Armor that is good against
lifesteal.
Alpha
Alpha is lack of gap closer which will
makes easier for you to kite him. His skill is also predictable due to
the animation. Never get too closer against him if you are marksman.
Stay with your range and never go on Alpha’s range as he has good CC and
damage too. Stay away from bush as most Alpha players are using bush to
get near to you. Once they get near they will CC you to death with
slows and stack damage.
Heroes to counter Alpha
– If you are playing as marksman just stay with your range. You can
pick heroes with good escape and CC such as Clint, Miya, Bruno or you
can take advantage with your long range with Layla. Alpha is a good
bruiser and you can’t trades easily with other fighter hero unless you
are well fed. Tank is better counter to Alpha but what is really
annoying is his slow that will makes his teammate kill you. Keep in mind
that there is no really invincible in this game. Even well fed 1v5 can
still kill the full item hero.
Items to counter Alpha –
buy items with CC that will help you kite Alpha effectively. If you
know that you can out farm him, focus on damage so you can do trades
with him by simply standing and do auto-attack.
Balmond
One of the easiest hero to counter
because of his predictable mechanics and low mobility. You can simply
kite him to death once he cast his spin-to-win skill or miss the gap
closing skill. The common mistake of most players who are against
Balmond is giving him a chance to regenerate from killing minions. Keep
in mind that if you engage in him, don’t give him a chance to go back
and recover his Hp. Just try to punish him as many hits as possible and
while not giving him a chance to fight back.
Heroes to counter Balmond
– Go for heroes with good all in such as Alpha, Yun Zhao, Bane. For
easy match up, play marksman against him and kite him all day. Surely
they will change lane and find a noob player from your teammate who
don’t know how to counter Balmond.
Items to counter Balmond
– Go for CC items such as Frost and Ice Force. It is usual for Balmond
to raise his HP so he will get a lot from passive so he will build most
from Hp and Armor. Buy damage penetration to tear his defense such as
Wind Chaser and Astral Wand.
Bane
This guy has good stacking damage and
sustain. The best way to counter it is go all-in and using burst. Don’t
give him a chance to enjoy his Rum as well as stack his damage against
you. He needs to get 4 stacks to unleash his passive. But doing all-in
and kill him immediately before he can do 4 attacks he can be easily
killed in this way. It is not good throw cheap shot from time to time
that can easily be healed with Rum. His strategy is to harass you by
doing hit-and-run. Make sure this guy can’t runaway from your burst and
you can counter him easily.
Heroes to counter Bane –
Play heroes with all-in kit or burst such as Yun Zhao, Miya, Natalia,
Karina, Freya etc. Don’t engage if you can’t kill him as this is always
your downside against him. Keep in mind that he has rum and he can
recover immediately if you can’t kill him in one engagement.
Items to counter Bane –
Go for burst damage such as Wind Chaser and Astral Wand. You can also
invest with lifesteal that will improves your laning trades against him.
If you are tank, get Blade Armor to improve your armor and sustain
yourself from his debuffs.
Bruno
From his kit you will think that Bruno
is the best hero in Mobile Legends because of his passive that deals
with critical strike, burst, and crowd control. But like what I’ve said
there is no such overpowered in this game as devs ensure that all heroes
has their own pros and cons. And the best thing to counter Bruno is
harassing him and killing him without giving a chance to fight back. His
skills are somehow predictable and you can dodge or unless minimize the
damage. Among all marksman, Bruno has the least potential in terms of
trade. If Clint can do double attack on every skill, Miya improving
attack speed with passive and ultimate, Layla can boost basic attack
damage using range, Bruno has a passive that works with ability and
increasing critical chance up to 20% which is nothing compare to other
marksman capability in trades. So playing against Bruno, you must push
him to make trades and own him. You must also be wised with his
ultimate. You must not let his ultimate bounce between two heroes. If
you are solo it will only do little damage. Bruno will find a chance to
make his ultimate ricochet and do damage well. You must counter it by
spreading out so it will not bounce between heroes.
Heroes to counter Bruno
– I tried most marksman against him and he can do nothing about how you
will own him in laning. Just make sure you will are going to outfarm
him so you can handle him in late game. If you are playing using
assassin or fighter, just harass him as he doesn’t have sustain too and
he is too vulnerable in close quarter combat. You can easily harass him
using Alucard or other tank heroes with incredible gap closer.
Items to counter Bruno –
Outclass him with damage, get any items based on either physical or
magic that amplifies damage. You can get Blade of Destruction for
outstanding damage or Tooth of Greed for both sustain and damage that
you need for trades. If you are a tank you can buy Heart of Steel to
deny his 20% crit strike chance.
Chou
To counter Chou first you need to know
his role in game. If you know his intention and the mechanics on how he
will perform it, you can counter him hardly. Chou is assassin type that
is capable of bursting damage against his squishy target. He has a good
CC that can be initiate an attack or turn the tide of the entire game.
He is always looking for carry. So if you are playing as tank, you must
support your carry and peel it with crowd control. Like most assassins,
Chou is vulnerable to crowd control when he is not charging. He has 2
seconds invincibility with crowd control and if you see him in this
stage and you are a carry, run away and make a gap from him as possible.
From this skill you can predict his next actions and you can counter
it. If you are a tank and you see Chou charging go to your carry so you
can peel him once Chou completed charging and ready to attack.
Heroes to counter Chou –
Playing against Chou, select a hero with a good escape and mobility. If
you are carry, play using Clint as he has escape. If you are tank, make
sure that you can protect your carry well with your skill once Chou get
near to his target. You can pick Tigreal and Lolita for slowing and
stunning effect.
Items against Chou – If
you are a carry, outfarm him and boost your damage as possible so you
can kill him before he can go close to you regardless of not using any
crowd control. Critical items such as Blade of Destruction and Blade of
Despair is a good choice for damage.
Clint
The safest pick among carries because of
his good escape, good range with passive, and good spamming abilities
for kiting. Doing damage without leaving his safe zone. The best way to
counter this guy is to go trades to death by going not in front of him
but from the back so he is not able to use his escape. Clint is rounder
and to compare with other carries in terms of trades he can be easily
out-damage by other marksman especially Miya. Unless this Clint is well
fed or out farm everyone in game.
Heroes to counter Clint
– Natalia is a pain in most marksman especially against Clint who
relies in range and poke. With Natalia you can easily go from his back
using your invisibility and go all-in with smoke bomb, basic attacks and
ultimate. You can also use Layla against him, with additional damage
from range I’m pretty sure you out damage him in trades unless you don’t
know how to farm well and he has more item sets than you.
Items to counter Clint –
Just go for damage and lifesteal for a safe trades. In trades, the
heroes that has this two stats always win. I don’t think you need CC for
Clint as he has no reason to run from you. He will stand and everything
will be based on your damage output.
Eudora
The main role of Eudora in team fight is
to annoy the entire team with her crowd control. Because of AoE effects
it is not easy to avoid her CC unless you know how it works. Keep in
mind that you will only get stun if effect of her passive, Semiconductor
applies on you. So as long as you are not under with her passive you
are safe from getting stun. To prevent your hero from getting effect of
semiconductor you must avoid her skills. Do not worry because it is
predictable and easy to avoid if you play champion with good mobility. I
also found an easy counter to Eudora if you are not going all-in
instead of punishing her with poke and hit-and-run from your basic
attack.
Heroes counter to Eudora
– Go for lane bully such as Bane, Clint, Miya, Nana, and etc. This is a
kind of hero that can kite or poke their laner until it reach low life
for a full engage. Eudora has no sustain so just make his life low until
you can burst him with your all in. The good key in fighting Eudora is
not giving her a more than 2 seconds to use her semiconductor against
you.
Items counter to Eudora
– Buy items that improve burst damage. Eudora is squishy champion and
with a good item you can eliminate her in less than 2 seconds. It is
also good to consider buying magic resist in terms your hero has less
mobility and you can’t avoid not getting hit with her skills.
Fanny
A very mobile hero that has perfect kit
in going in and doing some damage against his target. The main
weaknesses for this champion for you to use and counter her is her
damage and defense. She doesn’t have outstanding damage that can makes
her trade with carries. She also doesn’t have enough tankiness to play
the role that most tanks do. I also found this hero difficult to play
since her cable only working with terrain and not with hero itself which
come tricky for Fanny players to use it accurately. Not really a hard
match up for any hero that is why they play it most of the time as
jungler. So usually Fanny will come in your way as gank and there is
nothing you can do about it than to outfarm her and make sure you have
better items than her so you can kill her in a trade.
Franco
This hero will become effective in game
if you let him to become effective. If you don’t know how to dodge his
hook as well as how can you take advantage his low mobility in game. He
has somehow predictable with his hook and only newbie players can easily
get it with or you are playing with Pro Franco. Well to avoid hook, you
can either go out of his range, or use minions to cover up. You can
also use your abilities to dodge his skills. Dodge his hook all day and
he will become useless for the entire game. While in his ultimate,
Franco is vulnerable from attacks. So make sure to focus your fire
against him once he cast his ultimate. He can’t avoid these attacks as
he can’t cancel the animation from his ultimate. There noob Franco who
just hook without team follow up, don’t be afraid, cast your all skills
against him and he will be a dead meat for sure.
Heroes counter to Franco
– I believe he is more a support hero than a carry and just like a
support hero, you can counter him any other heroes as long as you can
dodge his hook. For easy match up you can play marksman and kite him all
day. Clint is the safest pick against him since you can use your escape
for every hook he will do. You must keep your distance from him so you
will not be the victim of his ultimate.
Items counter to Franco
– He is very poor in mobility and you can CC him with no problem. Buy
Frost or Ice Force for additional CC. Most players build their Franco as
tank so go armor and magic penetration against him such as Astral Wand
and Wind Chaser.
Freya
A good rounder hero that is good in both
offense and defense from gap-close to crowd control. A safe pick hero
from spending cash in game. Though as a rounder she can easily
out-damage by other carries. You can also tear down her defense with
effective items against tank and her mechanics is also predictable too.
If you know what she is doing in game, you can easily make her
ineffective. Her in goes with jumping in you, ultimate for damage and
defense and attack speed buffs that adds crowd control. So if you can
escape her jump she can’t execute her combo to you or you can just run
away and wait until her ultimate ends.
Heroes counter to Freya
– She has poor mobility too aside from her gap-closing skill. Using
ranged heroes such as Layla and Clint, you can kite and poke her without
giving her a chance to fight back. If she successfully dive in front of
you, just escape and get help from your tower. If you are well fed, you
can simply stand and kill her with your auto attack. If you are playing
as fighter, Freya has weaknesses against sustain, you can counter Freya
using Alucard and Alice having an outstanding lifesteal in game. Just
sustain the trade until his ultimate ends and that will be also the end
for her.
Items to counter Freya –
go for lifesteal that will gives you sustain in trades. You can buy
Tooth of Greed or Fallen Sword. Buy an armor/magic penetration that will
tear her defense when she under the state of her ultimate. If you are
playing as marksman and you are planning to kite her all day, you can
buy Ice Force for additional crowd control.
Gord
Another mage in Mobile Legends and just
like with most mage, he is also squishy. What makes him useful in game
is his threat of burst damage. To counter Gord, make sure he can’t make a
stack from you that amplify his damage. There are several ways to
counter Gord who has low in mobility, sustain and predictable skills
that leaves him vulnerable for attacks. Position is the major key to
outplay this guy. The crucial part for him is when he cast his ultimate
where he leaves himself defenseless. With a good position you can save
yourself from this attack while hitting him hardly into his death. We
all know that he will spam you as that is his specialty. Dodge most
attacks which come predictable in terms of range then look for the right
moment to unleash your all in.
Heroes counter to Gord –
You will find it easy to fight Gord using heroes with all in and gap
closer skills such as Natalia, Alucard, Chou and Freya. If you are
playing as marksman you can pick Miya and use her ultimate to dodge
attacks.
Items counter to Gord –
Buy items that gives most damage. You need to kill him instantly while
leaving his safe zone and this could be happen if you have enough damage
to burst him down. You can buy magic resist in case that your hero is
less mobile and you can’t find a good position to fight him.
Hayabusa
His role in game is to assassinate your
carry while anticipating it, you can protect your carry and makes him
useless in game. He has a incredible gap-closing skill but unlike with
Chou he has weaknesses against crowd control. He moves is also
predictable and if you are good enough to support your carry, Hayabusa
is very easy to catch off guard. Aside from his teamfight presence, he
has also a good sustain in laning. Don’t make that sustain works on him a
lot if you are fighting against him. Go for all-in combo or burst him
until he dies.
Heroes to counter Hayabusa
– Usually those heroes who have a good all-in combo such as Yun Zhao,
Karina, Freya etc. Make sure when you engage with Hayabusa, you are
going to kill him he can outplay you with his sustain. You when playing
as marksman and you are against Hayabusa, harass him before he gets his
ultimate. Once his ultimate is up, make sure to not to play carelessly
while extending from your tower too much. You must also ask your support
to save his skills for defending your against Hayabusa’s ultimate.
Items to counter Hayabusa
– Go for item that improves crowd control. You must not let this guy
touch your carry and crowd control is effective to interrupt him. If are
playing with burst-based hero, make sure that you have items for
improving your damage or penetrating his defense as typical for Hayabusa
to get defense item as he will go defenseless once his ultimate cast.
Kagura
She excels in skill spamming and poking.
Make sure his kit will not tilt you in laning. She has low in mobility
and escapes, you can ask your jungler to gank her for a sure kill
because she has nothing from her kit to stop you. Her biggest threat
against you is to cripple you in laning. The best way to counter Kagura
is to go for all-in either burst or combo. Most of her abilities have
long cooldown to cast while going all-in will leave her defenseless.
Heroes counter to Kagura – Pick Natalia
and you can kill him all day and night. You can also play as Freya and
Alucard for a good gap closing skills and trades. It will only become
hard for you to kill Kagura if she has supports to peel your engage. But
as long as she is alone and the tower is far away to help her, she has
no escape and she will be your prey.
Items to counter Kagura – Go for damage
and kill her immediately. There is no time for fooling around her like
playing hit-and-run or poking. When you decide to get her, go closer to
her and burst her. Just make sure you have enough damage to do it that
is why you must get item with good damage booster such as Astral Wand
and Wind Chaser.
Karina
She is melee and squishy. You can poke
and kite her in laning without having a problem. Harass her until she
get outfarm by going back to her base often. Her ability to kill you is
to go for all in. So make sure you are not stepping in her range where
she can execute her combo to you. Play with distance and hit her with
several skills as possible. You can go all in if you know that you can
kill her with her current Hp. Also you must be careful with her ultimate
as this cooldown resets every time he kill a hero. This what makes this
hero a perfect assassin even in clash.
Heroes to counter Karina
– Almost all marksman that can kite her effectively. Just make sure
that you can outfarm her in early game because in late game, for sure
they will revenge and aim for you whatever happens. She needs a kill to
reset her ultimate and marksman is the easiest to kill unless they are
well fed and can do trades standing with damage and lifesteal. If you
are playing as spell caster such as Kagura, Gord and etc just poke her
everytime she gets to kill minions.
Items to counter Karina
– Go for crowd control. If you want to become a lane bully, buy items
that gives additional crowd control so you can kite her helplessly. If
you want to play as burst, make sure you have enough damage than her
since her all in is all about stacks, damage and worst is her cooldown
reset.
Layla
She is a marksman that relies not in her
basic attack damage but in her skills. Unlike with most marksman her
skills doesn’t works too much with her basic attacks aside from her
passive. She has similarity with Bruno who spam skills rather than doing
trades with his basic attack. From this set up, you can see her
weaknesses and counter her through trades using a hero that inflict much
damage than her. Her ultimate is also predictable and you can easily
dodge it.
Heroes to counter Layla
– speaking of counter and marksman, her best counter are Clint and Miya
since these two heroes can do trades better than her plus they have
skills that can dodge Layla’s ultimate easily. Aside from marksman you
can use other heroes with gap closer to counter Layla. We all know that
she is relying on her range and poke so a hero with good gap closer is
really a pain for her. You can pick Natalia to counter her badly or
Alucard and Chou.
Items to counter Layla –
all you have to do is to out damage her using items that improves
damage a lot. You can buy Blade of Despair and Blade of Destruction for
damage and critical. She is poor in trades especially against with other
marksman and with the item given above, you can easily eliminate her.
You can also use item that gives crowd control so you can caught her off
guard by reducing her movement speed.
Lolita
It is not really difficult to counter
Lolita because most of her skills are predictable. Her first skill is
also difficult to get hit unless you are close to her. Her ultimate is
easy to dodge and it gives no threat unless you will just ignore her.
And unlike with most tanks and support heroes, you can easily out farm
her and what makes them effective in battle is based on how you are
going to play your game. You must also avoid her first skill as this
will be her first move to engage. Just go behind minions and this will
not able to hit you. Just gap against her at all cost so she will not
give any threat to you.
Heroes to counter Lolita
– For a safe pick go for hero with escape so you can go for Clint,
Fanny, or any hero that you can use their skills to dodge her first
skill or ultimate. Lolita is also low in mobility so you can kite her
with no problems using hero such as Miya, Nana, Gord. Above all, just
out farm her to earn more items and then damage that will penetrate her
armor.
Items to counter Lolita
– Get armor and magic penetrating items. There is nothing more
effective Lolita than to make it a full a tank. Make sure you have a
decent damage against him empowered by penetration. You can also bring
some CC item with you as she has low in mobility and you can poke and
kite him for days.
Minotaur
This hero play as support most of the
time and unlike Lolita he is even more easy to counter because he has
less crowd control. Only Minotaur has more defense compare to Lolita.
When I’m playing against Minotaur he doesn’t give me a threat as I can
easily poke and kite him in laning. Actually his biggest role is in
teamfight and it is based on how you are going to play on early game.
Just bully him and make sure that he is always going back to the base to
regen. In teamfight it is better to ignore this guy as he has
everything he needs in defense and it is not really easy to take him
down regardless of time and focus fire that you should put on other
enemies which come squishy. With incredible defense, he doesn’t do much
damage or annoy players because he doesn’t much CC compare to other
support.
Heroes to counter Minotaur
– Go for hero that do good poke and kiting such as Gord, Miya, Clint,
Bruno, Layla, Nana and for his biggest counter, Bane. The Lord of the
seven seas has debuffs that lowers target defense. This work a lot with
Minotaur which the best investment is with his defense. Only for me it
is easy to get line up with ranged heroes so you can hit him without
giving a Minotaur a chance to hit back.
Items to counter – Go
for armor and magic penetrating item. You can also go for high sustain
items such as Tooth of Greed and Fallen Sword. He doesn’t do any burst
damage and with lifesteal he is not able to kill you. Actually he is not
after to kill you, he just want to distract the enemy to buy time and
for his teammate to do their team objective. I just ignore this guy as
he don’t do much harm. I don’t know if he go for AD build but that will
be even better if he is not going to work out his defense because he has
no gap closer skill and he is very easy to kite I’m pretty sure he will
be a dead cow before getting closed to marksman.
Miya
One of the most popular heroes in Mobile
Legends next to Yun Zhao and this hero is not really difficult to
counter. I also see players mistakes to make Miya effective in trades
and teamfight. One of these mistakes is tanking her second skill. This
is very predictable and once Miya cast it against, all you have to do is
to move your hero away from that snowfall. Also Miya is good in trades
because of her passive, so don’t ever trades to her unless you have
better gear than Miya. Her attack speed stacks so the longer the trades
the faster she become. If you know her mechanics you can easily counter
Miya with several heroes.
Heroes to counter Miya –
the exact counter for Miya is Natalia because of her silence, backstab,
invisibility, ultimate and gap closer. But the most match up doesn’t go
like that. It is about marksman vs marksman. With this set up you can
play as Clint and poke her all day. You have also dash backward to dodge
her second skills. You have range advantage that can makes kite her
with no problem. With this kind of mechanics, you can easily outfarm her
with 1 or 2k gold gap. That is the time that you can do trades with her
especially against Clint. Layla can do a good poke against her but with
Miya’s ultimate she can easily dodge Layla’s ultimate. Also Layla is
not designed for trades compare with Clint that you can rely on your
passive and first skill to make your opponent ineffective with their
basic attacks.
Items to counter Miya –
Just go build up your damage and lifeteal for trades in late game. I
admit that the best AD carry when it comes in late game so you need to
prepare yourself and your damage against her. It is also good to finish
the as early as possible so she will not get snowball that hard. As for
item, you can go for Tooth of Greed, Fallen Sword, Sword of Destruction,
Sword of Despair for maximum damage.
Natalia
This is the biggest threat for all
marksmen because of her incredible gap-closer abilities,
disable/silence, slow, invisibility and ultimate. But to counter it is
not really difficult if you have someone to protect you as a carry. Her
role is to eat up carries and she is good at that. But the game is not
about 1v1 it is about teamwork. And if you are playing against Natalia
you must play with teamwork. If you are support or tank, focus your
attention on Natalia as she can go anywhere from invisibility. Usually
she will go from behind to take advantage with the backstab. The worst
from is her smoke bomb that will makes her invulnerable in basic
attacks. So we need burst/disable skills here. If you see her attacking
your carry, go for her and throw all your skills. Never let your carry
die on her or that will be a lose for the entire team. In laning it is
not really difficult to fight her as she is squishy and melee. What
makes is invincible is her smoke bomb. Without it she is very vulnerable
in most attacks. She can also silence you if she hits you from
invisibility. If that is the case, all you have to do is to retreat
until you are away from smoke bomb range and go trades with her. As a
carry you still have better damage against her don’t be afraid, after
she throws her smoke bomb, she is now easy to kill especially her first
skill is very tricky to use in disengage.
Heroes to counter Natalia
– Most tanks can counter Natalia as she is aiming for heroes with high
defense that can she can kill before the smoke bomb fades. As a good
counter, you can rely on burst heroes with good sustain such Bane.
Heroes with lifesteal also works too such a Alucard and Alice. Keep it
mind that you need to stay longer than her smoke bomb and she will be
dead.
Items to counter Natalia
– You can go for CC item so once you survive until the smoke fades, you
can do crowd control so he can’t get away from your revenge. If you are
marksman, go for damage and lifesteal so you can do trades against him
in late game. Assassin has downside in late game where everyone can kill
them easily as they are squishy. You don’t need to go for penetrating
items since Natalia has no defense at all unless they will build it as
tank. So focus on damage, attackspeed, critical and lifesteal.
Nana
This hero has good crowd control and
damage but the biggest downside of Nana which you can use to counter her
is her teamfight presence. Her CC is only for one target, so when he
cast is on your allies or you, she is vulnerable as she doesn’t have
escape. Also don’t let her boomerang hits you. This is somehow
predictable players can easily dodge it by moving sideward. If I’m
playing against Nana, what I’m doing is a an all-in combo and not giving
her a chance to retreat. Don’t let her poke you with her skills and
passive especially with her boomerang. Just find a good chance for all
in and she will be dead.
Heroes counter to Nana.
When it comes to all-in based hero, Yun Zhao is very good on it. You
can also use Natalia or Hayabusa against her and give her no chance to
fight back. If you are marksman such as Miya or Bruno, wait for her CC
to cast to your allies before going in for a massive trades. You are the
primary arsenal of the team, you should not get disabled especially
with 3 seconds being a cat.
Rafaela
Sustain that is her role in game and the
primary counter for sustain is burst damage leaving them no chance to
heal. Aside from her heal, her ultimate is also effective in teamfight.
Somehow this is predictable and also easy to dodge. Her ultimate doesn’t
do decent damage against she will go full magic damage. This is a set
up for a teamfight so once someone is caught by her ultimate, don’t
leave him by to prepare for a clash. Rafael is squishy so you must focus
your fire in this hero so she will not heal her teammate anymore. She
is low mobile and a good gap closer can easily catch her off guard.
Heroes to counter Rafaela
– Those with good gap-closing ability such as Freya, Alucard, Natalia,
Hayabusa, Akai, etc. Once you get close contact to her, burst her to
death so she will not become effective in teamfight. Her heal is a big
help in teamfight as this can heal all teammates with decent amount.
Items to counter Rafaela
– Most Rafaela will work on her defense so she will stay longer in the
game. Make sure you have penetrating items that will tear down her
defense. You can also boost your damage with high damage based equipment
such as Astral Wand or Sword of Destruction.
Saber
Most skills from Saber are predictable
but what I notice in most players are they just ignore the damage of
getting hit by Saber’s skills. Saber is good in poking and spamming
abilities and to counter him, all you have to do is to go for all in.
Dodge most his skills especially his ultimate and you will not get a
problem with this guy.
Heroes counter to Saber
– Get heroes with great all in and gap-closer. You can pick Freya and
kill this hero easily. You can also use Alucard and lifesteal to harass
Saber to death. If you are playing marksman, just don’t give this hero a
chance to hit you. You are squishy and vulnerable in poke which is
Saber’s specialty. You can also use Alpha having a perfect all-in of
both damage and crowd control. Knowing his mechanics you can use several
heroes to counter Saber.
Items to counter Saber –
Go with items that gives damage. If you are using heroes with less to
zero crowd control, get Frost or Ice Force to add cc. Like what I’ve
said this hero is poor in trades so invest on damage and lifesteal so
you can stand longer in trades.
Sun
The number one weakness of Monkey King
is crowd control and kiting. He doesn’t have a good gap-closing skill
and he get hard time dealing with ranged heroes. Don’t get fooled with
his clone always look for the real Sun. Use your skills to predict the
real sun. Don’t get trades with several clone as this can also inflict
damage to you.
Heroes to counter Sun –
His biggest counter is Bane due to Bane’s splash damage that is capable
of dealing damage against all clone including Sun itself. You can also
counter with heroes that can spam skills and do AoE damage. You can pick
Layla as a good marksman counter as well as Saber to deal damage in all
clones.
Item to counter Sun –
Due to his weaknesses against CC, you can buy item that gives CC
including Frost and Ice Force. When you are carry, make sure to out farm
him with damage. And the most important above all is lifesteal for
additional sustain while you are trading against him and his clones.
Yun Zhao
Yun Zhao is a good initiator with his
ultimate, disable as well as good bruiser. His mechanics is very easy
that is why he is the most popular hero in Mobile Legends. But
regardless of it, he is still not overpowered or invincible in game. You
can still counter him if you know his mechanics as most of his skills
are predictable. If you can anticipate his action, he can’t be effective
anymore in game.
Heroes to counter Yun Zhao
– Though this is a big threat in most marksman you can also counter him
through kiting. Yun Zhao is less mobile without ultimate. He is also
squishy if he will not get enough defense from his item build. As sure
counter to Yun Zhao go for tanks with good damage such as Balmond, Freya
and Akai. I can also counter Yun Zhao with Natalia since he is basic
attack reliant after he ultimate while Natalia’s smoke bomb will drain
all his damage and kill him in matter of seconds.
Items counter to Yun Zhao – If you are tank, go build a Blade Armor that will reflect 25% his damage back to him. If you are marksman, make sure you have better damage and lifesteal against him. Yun Zhao is good in all in and lack of sustain. So with decent lifesteal for your sustain you can kill him. Once they cast all of his skills, he is useless as he can’t enough damage with his basic attacks than other marksman do. If he build tank, go for items that penetrates armor and magic resist. Always check the item he is building so you can anticipate a good counter item against him.
